Device for handling packages



Sept. 25,1923. 8 1,488,878

J. A. DONALD DEVICE FOR HANDLING PACKAGES Filed Nov. 8, 1921 INVENTOR z-exact description thereof; 1 9

Patented Sept; 25, 1923.

Application filedilloveinber a,

To"allaoizohyitmag .anncemtg Beit tknown'that-I, J HN A, DONALD a citizen of the United States, and resident of: Wilkmsburg, 1n the-county or Ailegheny- .and State of Pennsylvania, l avei rnvented a new and useful lmproven en j in Devicesfor Handhn Packa res' and I do ne;;ebv-cleb D 7 i i V 'clareth e following to be a full, clear, and

a deyiee for hand- My invention relateg to "lingipackages, and -has referencemore par-' tioularlyfiol- V elevated positions, such as from the. upper -rs lv in:st r o m t ainvention is to p ,o vid 'e a simple and efiicie nt de v ;ice by means of ,packagesn ay be quickly and!readily; removed from; upper shelves and held sei- V he l -iting of gpa'c kages-jrorn' curelyinaposition so as to pjreve'nfltheirfall;

9. p the operat on ofremo;" ng a} package from;

ing rvhile being-lowered,thereby doing away with the necessity of vgett ng up; on to gcounte1 s,- .or using ladders toreachthe desired j To theseends my inventioncomprises the novel; features;hereinafter: set? forth j and la m d w I p rspective view of fmy package handling ce, .partl broken away, showingit in a shelfgllcig enlarged s dev ew broken a ay, -slio v1n thelpos1t10n' oft-the device an fulllines .Wh n first. appl ed; and

showingin detifidlines the final position ofsecuririgth package; Eig ffl is g ie' showing the device tilted back with the pack-v 1 age in a horizontal,positiongfor lowering it Fig,f4: .is a cross section showing {the .de vice as applied tothe reinor a'lof a square or round package; F1g15 is an enlarged detail of the upper end of the sprin member; 7

Fig; 6' shows a' modified forin ct ny invention; and Flg; 7 1s a sectIon':.-on t he llne' 7"?7 Flg. V i I In the drawingythe nuineral 2 designates: a suitable rod or handle-to the upper end of which m improvedpackagev handling devlceis secured by means of the rivets 3 or other suitable fastening devices. 7

l y dev ce'in one of its forms cons sts of the metal strip 4, the lower portion of'which is heldbetween the bifurcated ended oif'the handle 2 by means ofthe rivets i The upper end of the metal strip 4. has hinged thereto the frame 6 which is preferably made of spring steel, or some metal rnseirne',"'rnrri isrpuen nfif; 1

' Inn iIoE role zennnnzne ras zziens "n tojiplay when th '1 ngaround packages 1 e the accornpanying drawing llig. lis a upright, so' that whenthe pacl age, -has1beeri grasped the upper portion into the position showniin F igxpackage in this'manner at thetop by pulling T i fulated sofasto force the prongs 15- at the semi as; 13,645;

raring the i 'req aired 1 res may, g and Said meta-l frarneis bowed asatfik for the-pun pose. more fully, hereinafter set for" Above the bowed; portion '69- the name 6' tto 'fOl'Hi the" substantially st raight pm? on 7, and: the inwardly zploje ting ;:1 i g e '8. ApadQ of rubber; or other resili-g ent l, 'issecured to the tongue'fi an d V prong- 1O passesthrou' li'said tongue aid 7 pad which prong is adaptecfto cngage thez ton oi -t o uaclta o :befhandledfi .l

wf To-secure greater,safetyninthe handling? {1 r 'oi the 1 packages, I [prefer to have t lieflframe i Shinged to the stripja as at '18-, with the"? spring l8 which normally hol'cls' thegfra mej ay be t lt .3 Weight of thepacltage setliat the packa held: 1n; a horlzontal .p'os

To .'support-.,the1 upper fpo horn-in ill osi;

tion', I proyide Ithe bracket flg.which see-11 curedtothe strip 4. In theoperationof my de e, rthe op era.-; V tor iho lding-thehandle;. 2'inighishand elevates it until the tongue 8gisabove thep c 3 g t b e d, w erei pe i y l m ting 5' .z- 1 down thesaid handle thebrong'lO is e forc'ed Z into the; top of the'pack-ageflhe pad-9 -lji'miting the downward-movement, and acting as a cushion so as to prevent, 'anyundue pressure which would, tend to mutilate or break. the package;' Havinghengaged the.

down on the handleQ; the bowed portioli' 63, due to the spring of 'the' metal,"-Willfibe" slightl i elongated, as shown indotted lines, 7 Fig. 2 fwhereupon .the handle; 2} is lnanipv- 'ou'ter'ends 0t thecross-arinll-into the front of. the package;-andiasfsaidprongsiare I slightlyhookedthey Will'passinan upward direction into said package, thereby securing I a 'tighthold, so that, in conjunction with the hold already secured on the package by.

the prong 10, the package. will be securely held, so that itmay then be lifted from the shelf and lowered without danger of its becoming free to fall. However, to insure .fur'ther against falling, the upper portion of the device may be tilted backinto the position shown .in Fig. 8, so that the package is supported in substantially a horizontalposition, and: may be lowered in this way, so that even if the hold secured by falling.

the prongslO and should become loosened the package would still be held in position i to be lowered without any danger of its 111 case it is desired to remove a round package, the device operates in the same manner as above described, the prong 10 being first inserted in the topyof the packagepwhereupon'by drawing down the-bowed portion 6 is elongated and the prongs '17 arethen forcedinto the package. If the package; is a small one the central prong 17 alone" will engage the packageybut where the-circumference; of the package is large enough all the prongs'17 will 'come'into Playa In Fig. 6, I have illustrated a modified form of my invention in which the vertical arm 20'ha-s the inwardly extending tongue I 21 with the prong 22 extending downtherefrom. This arm has the lug 23, to'which the upper end'of the spiral spring 24 is connected, the lower end of said spring being connected to the lug 25 on the sliding vsleeve 26, which encloses the arm 20. The

sliding sleeve 26 has the cross-arm 27 with the prongs In-the operation of thismodified form of my invention, the operator, as before, secures a hold on the top of the package by forcing the prong 22 into 'the same, whereupon by pulling, down on the'rod "2 the sleeve 26 movesdown, the spring24 being elongated, whereupon the prongs 28 are forcedinto the package in the "same mannerf as above described, so that -1. The' combination with the package is held'securely in place be tween the lug 21 and the cross-arm 27.

What I claim is:

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dle, ofatpackage handling device comprisa suitable 'handle, of ,a package handling device carried thereby, comprising a metal member hav v .ingan inwardly projecting tongue at its upper end, a'prong carried by said tongue, across arm'engaged by said metal member,

prongs carried; by said cross arm, and a spring connected to said metal member and j 5 .2. The combinationrwith asuitable hansaid arm;

dle, of a; package handling device carried thereby, 'comprisi'ng a. metal member hav-: 7

ing an nwardly projecting tongue at its upper end, a pron-g carrled bysaid tongue,

a cross-arm supported by said metalmeinber, prongs carried by-said cross-arm, and

a bowed spring portion between sand tongue 3. The combination with a suitable hanthereby comprising a metal meinber haV- ing an inwardly projecting tongue at its upper end, a pad carriedby said tongue,

a prong carried by said tongue' pro jecting through said pad, "a cross-arm ear-, ried bysaid memberhaving pads atfthe ends thereof, prongs. on saidarm passing 1 through said pad, and a spring-bowed portion betweensaid tongue and said arm.

dle, of a package handling device compris mg a metal m'emberhaving an 'inwardlyex- 4. The combination with a suitable han-X I tending tongue at the upper end, a "prong carried by said tongue, a curved cross arm, prongs carried by said cross arm, and a bowed spring portion betweensaid tongue and crossarm.

5. The combinationwith a. suitable haning a hinged metal member having an in-. wardly projecting tongue at the-upper end, I

Witnesses? EDITH K. iFREEsn,

VJQHN F. WILL.

' an element at the upper end of said member JOHN A. DONALD,

10 dle, ofa package handling device carried 

